Vinous: “A tremendous wine by any measure.”
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- 98 pts Vinous98 pts Vinous
- 98 pts James Suckling98 pts JS
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2021 Petrolo Galatrona Val D'Arno Di Sopra DOC 750 ml
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“The Le Pin of Tuscany”
Masseto ($900). Messorio ($300). Sassicaia ($250). The most coveted Super Tuscans come with exorbitant prices. Petrolo’s Galatrona is a peer of these gems—with the scores to back it up.
Over the last decade, Luca Sanjust’s Petrolo has become one of the most critically decorated estates in Tuscany, with Wine Spectator calling this top cuvée, Galatrona, the “Le Pin of Tuscany,” comparing it to the mythic Pomerol that trades for $4,000 or more.
With a 100-point score from Falstaff—German-speaking Europe’s equivalent to Wine Spectator—not to mention dual 98-point scores for the 2021 from both Vinous and James Suckling, the 2021 Galatrona has reached new heights, with Vinous calling it “tremendous.”
We first visited Petrolo in the fall of 2013. Located in the Valdarno Superiore, in the center of a triangle made by Florence to the north, Siena to the southwest, and Arezzo to the southeast, Petrolo is the only notable estate in the neighborhood. But as you pull into the property and begin climbing—and climbing—you quickly get a sense of the passion and resolve that went into the planting and goes into upkeep of this world-class vineyard.
The estate is sprawling—a 672-acre mix of forest and hills—but just 11 percent of which is planted to Sangiovese and Bordeaux varieties. And while Petrolo also produces other incredibly delicious wines—their Torrione bottling regularly scores in the 90s—it’s Galatrona that has our heart. It is a 100% Merlot that explodes from the glass with the kind of fruit you cannot help but adore right away, but that is still structured by the kind of tannins and acidity that promise decades more evolution in the cellar.